Graduate School

Holiday Food Drive, Nov. 2-28

The Graduate School's 15th annual food drive kicks off today. You can help families in need by dropping off food through November 20. Please bring canned goods to Horace Mann, at 47 George St (boxes in the lobby & 3rd floor) or the Arnold Lab. Check out the list of most needed foods below.

Be sure to check the expiration date. Please like and share our Food Drive posts on social media or post a photo of the food you're donating with #browncares. Donations go to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank.

Most needed items:

  • Soups & stews: Any variety, canned or boxed    
  • Pasta, Macaroni & Cheese: Any variety, boxed, bagged or canned
  • Breakfast Cereals: Any variety   
  • Rice: Jasmine, yellow, basmati, white and brown
  • Canned Fish & Meat: Tuna, chicken, sardines, salmon    
  • Canned Fruit: Pineapple, mango, peaches, pears, mandarin oranges, fruit cocktail
  • Canned Vegetables: Corn, green beans, peas, spinach, okra  
  • Tomato Products: Diced, crushed, sauce, paste
  • Beans & Lentils: Canned or dried black, cannellini, kidney, fava, chick peas, etc.
  • Nut & Seed Butters: Peanut, sunflower, soy nut, almond, cashew
  • Sauces, Spices and Condiments: In plastic bottles or cans only, no glass – sofrito, fish sauce, soy sauce, coconut milk, extra virgin olive oil, rice vinegar, crushed red pepper, paprika, adobo, cinnamon, ginger